Improvement in cigar-machines



MEYER & SCHILD. Cigar Machie.

No. 98.877I Patented Jan. I8, 1870.

tanned States @wat )ptite FREDERIGK MEYER AND HENRY SCHILD, OF NEW YORK,N.`Y., ASSIGNORS TO GEORGE J. PREN'IIGE,l OE SAME'PLAOE; SAID PREN TICEASSIGNS TO LEWIS PREN'IICE, OF

NEW YORK CITY.

Letters Patent No. 98,87 7, dated J arma/ry l18, 1870; antedatcdaanumy10, 1870;

IMPRovEMnNT-nv OMAR-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom 'it 'ma-y concern:

Be it known that we, FREDERICK MEYER and Hun- RY SCHILD, of the city andState of` New York, have titted to move in the opposite direction tothat in which it moves, as shown in iig. 1.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

Cigar-machines have before 4been made in which four rollers are employedto roll up the'bunch of tobacco, or to pnt on the wrapper in finishingthe cigar, and these rollers have been titted to open, for placing theto'bactol between the rollers, and for removing the cigar; and to one ofthe rollers au eudwise movement has been given, in order/to` press thetip of the cigar into the die that gives shape to the end.

Our invention relates to a means for accomplishing the end-movement ofthe said roller, in' either one direction or the other, in a more simplemanner than heretofore, and so that the act of opening the' rollers fordelivering the cigar shall liberate the mechanism that causes theend-movement, so that the roller will be returned to a normal position.

In the drawing--- a represents a table, ou legs or a frame.

bpb, the frames of the machine, secured to a, and tied together by therod c. i

d d are the lower standing rollers, rotated by gearing,T at e, and p. Y

i f is the iy-wheel, with a belt' to the wheelg, that drives thegearing, in any usual manner. The tlywheel f may be driven by thetreadle h, or otherwise.

The roller 'i is set in boxes 2 2, that can beslid back in the frames b,by the links k, to cranks 3, on the rok-shaft l. This rock-shaft Z isoperated by an arm, m, and rod n, `to Va. treadle, o.

Upon the table a is a socket, through which the rod n passes, and withinthe same isa-spring, 4, that hrings the parts to their normal position,and exerts the power that is required for causing the roller q (carriedby the arms 1 r from to press with neces-v sary foree upon the cigarbeing made, and thereby cause said cigar torbe of proper density f'orsmoking, instead' of too loose or too tightly pressed, when theThot-treadleis employed to give said pressure, as heretofore.

The shaft s-of the roller i is fitted to slide endwise in its bearings 22, and the driving-pinion trot-ates the sameby av feather and slot, thepinion beingheld in position by a fork, 5, taking a neck in the pinion.

To give end-motion to the rolleril and shaft s, so as to force the tipof the cigar into the die tonr the. hed a, as the wrapper is rolledaround the same, we employ the screw-pinion c, taking the stationaryteeth or rack 6, that isv operative to givesaid end-movement bythe actof revolving the rollers in making the cigar, and when formed, the actof draw'inlgr back the roller i liberates the screw v from 6, and allowsthe spring,r 7 to give t-he roller the reverse endeinovemeut to, itsnoruxal position. Y 'i Then the shape of the half leaf, forming thewrapper, is such that the tip of the cigar has to he pressed toward theleft into the tip-die w, the screw 'v is removed, and the left-handedscrew-pinion 'v' fig. 3, is substituted, and the spring,r 7'- placed atthe other e'ud of the shaft s, 'between the pinion t and a collar, 8;thereby the movement is reversed.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- The fixed rack 6, incombination with the worm# pinion rv, shaft s, roller i, and slidingboxes 2 2, substantially as set forth, so thatl the pinion c isdisconnected from the rack by drawing back the roller i, as specih'ed.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our signaf tures, this 20th dayof April, 1869.

FR.' MEYER. HENRY SCHILD. Vitnessesz CRAs. H. SMITH, Gmo. T. PINCKNEY.

